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5. Bombus sylvarum. 



B. hirsuto-flavescens ; thoracis fascia, abdominisque cingulis 

 nigris, ano fulvo. 



Apis sylvarum, Linn, Faun, Suec, p. 425. no, 1713; Syst, Nat. u 

 960. 45 $ , (^ type in Cab, Linn. Soc, 



Scop, Ent. Cam, no. 822. 



Fabr, Syst. Ent. p. 321. 27 ; Ent, Syst. IL 321. 27. 



Schrank, Ins, Austr, no. 807. 



Rossi, Faun, Etrusc. ii. 906. 



Kirby, Mon, Ap. Angl ii. 326. 82. t. 17. f. 15 ? , 16 ^ . 

 Bremus sylvarum, Panz. Faun, Germ, 85. 19 ? 

 Bombus sylvarum, Fabr. Syst, Plez. p. 348, 27. 



Latr. Hist, Nat, xiv, 65, 8. 



lllig, Mag. v. 164. 9, 



Spin. Ins, Lig. fasc. i. 131. 6. 



Dahlh, Bomb, Scand, 44. 24. 



St, Farg. Ilym.. i. 463. 8. 



Dretvs, Sf Schiodte, Kroy. Tidsskr, ii. 109. 4. 



Smith, Zool, ii. 546. 4. 



Nytand. Ap. Boreal, p. 236. 22. 

 Bombus veteranus, Fabr, Syst, Piez. p. 352. 52 (worker), 

 Huberts Observ. Linn, Trans, vi. 227. t. 25, f. 13-18. 



Female, Length 8 lines. — The head has a short yellow pubes- 

 cence, that on the vertex black. Thorax : the pubescence on 

 the disk black ; anteriorly, posteriorly, on the sides, beneath, 

 and also on the le^s, it is pale yellow ; the tarsi beneath 

 have a short ferruginous pubescence ; the claws ferruginous. 

 Abdomen : the basal segment clothed with pale yellow pu- 

 bescence, most dense at the sides; on the second segment 

 it is black, the posterior and lateral margins fringed with pale 

 yellow; on the third it is black, the margins being fringed with 

 pale yellow ; on the three following segments it is fulvous, the 

 margins being fringed with pale hairs. B.M, 



Worker, Length 6-7 lines.— Differs very little, except in size, 

 from the female ; it has, however, usually a greater mixture of 

 pale pubescence, and the apex of the abdomen is not so briglit 

 a red. B.M. 



Male, Length G hnes.— Closely resembles the other sexes ; the 

 mandibles fringed with fusco-ferruginous hairs, the antenna; as 

 long as the thorax, and the apex of the abdomen usually as 

 bright as in the female. B.M. 



There is no species more constant in its colouring than this 

 beautiful bee ; its nest is to be found in similar situations to 



